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The Mythos of Endless Night Vampire Ball
The Mythos of Endless Night Vampire Ball
Every Halloween, Vampires of the world gather at the New Orleans House of Blues and create the sacred space known as the Endless Night Festival. Legendary voodoo priestess Bloody Mary opens and closes the event with ritual, performing ceremonies to manifest the high frequencies of energy necessary to summon forth the patron spirit of the Endless Night: Fred Samedi.
Fred Samedi first manifested in the dreams of Father Sebastiaan and Bloody Mary, shortly after Hurricane Katrina. Through his krewe he travels the world, gathering energy by hosting events in the halos of Los Angeles, New York, Dallas, Tampa, Amsterdam, Berlin, Austria, Venice, London, Barcelona, Paris, and Prague, bringing it all home to New Orleans. Each city contributes its own secret piece of energy and character to the Great Ritual. This ritual (“The Conjunction”) culminated and enters the world on Halloween weekend 2020, following many more halos to be visited. Care to see where Fred Samedi goes next?
Be a part of his legend by attending Endless Night events, where you may get a glimpse of him out of the corner of your eye. Nothing pleases Fred more than watching his guests dance the night away. Help spread the word, or make an offering at his altar: leave a coin from a far-off land, a unique set of beads, or drink a shot of absinthe beside his skull. Perhaps you will call to him, manifesting your magic with a toast and a howl to him at midnight before the Cirque.
Legends always have basis in truth, don’t they? Become part of the legend. The Endless Night awaits.
Who is Fred Samedi?
The Mythos of Endless Night Vampire Ball
Who is Fred Samedi?
Fred Samedi is the guardian spirit of the Endless Night events and came to Father Sebastiaan in a vision quest in preparation for the Endless Night Vampire Ball of New Orleans in 2007. Mysteriously artist/designer Chad Savage was able to bring this vision to fruition and Fred became the sigillum for Endless Night events. He is inspired by and reflects the Haitian voodoo Loa, Baron Samedi, the Loa of the dead.
The Loa are voodoo spirits which act as intermediaries between the creator Bondye and the mortal world.It is traditional for patrons of the event to bring an offering of a small gift of coins, candles, flowers, cigars, rum, black coffee, grilled peanuts or incense to Fred Samedi’s altar at the venue for his blessing on a successful and fabulous event. He is also the official gatekeeper of the event and wishes all those to be within the dresscode. Often a voodoo priest/ess or Strigoi Vii Magister or Deacon will be present to perform the commencement ritual of the ball by calling on Fred Samedi to join us in the ball.
Fred often will play pranks on patrons, encourage people who would never expect to meet to become friends, heals long lost relations between friends and he takes great pleasure in introducing lovers to one another. One thing Fred is known for is bringing people to events at the last minute, people who would never even think of going to something like a Vampire Ball, and introducing them to the Endless Night. How many people have spontaneously come to down to New Orleans and never left!